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gargarizing

gargarizing is the present participle and gerund of gargarize.

Meaning of gargarize

Verb

gargarize (third-person singular simple present gargarizes, present participle gargarizing, simple past and past participle gargarized)

  1. (obsolete) To gargle (rinse or wash mouth and throat).
    • to cease the Hiccough, […]Vinegar put to the Nostrils or Gargarized doth it also1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Questions about gargarizing

What is gargarizing the present participle and gerund of?
Gargarizing is the present participle and gerund of gargarize.

Words near gargarizing in the dictionary

  1. gargarism
  2. gargarisms
  3. gargarize
  4. gargarized
  5. gargarizes
  6. gargarizing
  7. Gargasian
  8. Garge
  9. Gargee'an
  10. Garges
  11. Garges-lès-Gonesse

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